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Shkendija (Mac) vs HJK (Fin) Prediction & Betting tips
An entertaining match in this Thursday’s match will be played by Shkendija and HJK for a new round of the Europa League (one leg).
Shkendija (Mac) :
In my opinion, there is no clear favorite on this occasion, although bookies favor the local team. For this reason and considering that the Nordics are the most powerful in their country, we advise you to play a few euros to the bet “plus 1.5 goals”. It paints to be a duel in which the Macedonians try to dominate the party taking advantage of the local factor, being able to write down one or two goals in favor. It is not ruled out that the Finns can realize even a goal in this exit.
Take into account that Shkendija was placed in the second position of the Macedonian tournament, being to 13 of the leader and champion Vardar. He comes from equaling 1-1 against Slovenian Maribor in a friendly, then crushing Dacia Chisinau of Moldova in the previous round of this competition (triumph 3-0 at home and 0-4 out of it).
On the other hand do not forget that the Macedonian box has added diverse results like local in the last tournament, product of 11 victories, 5 equalities and 2 falls in total. He managed to score 40 goals and yielded 16 on his fence, proving to have a great scoring average.
HJK (Fin) :
Continuing with the analysis you should know that HJK is the current leader of the Finnish league with 35 points, taking him 8 advantage to the VPS escort. It comes from equaling 1-1 against Inter Turku visitor, cutting a streak of 4 consecutive wins. In the previous round of this competition, eliminated Connah’s Quay Welsh (1-0 defeat away from home and triumph 3-0 at home).
Finally, we will tell you that the Finns have registered different scorers as visitors in this campaign, after winning 4 matches, equaling another 4 and losing the rest that played in this condition (15 goals scored and 6 received in their goal).
After reviewing the details of this comparison I play for the “more 1.5 goals” bet for the following reasons: First because Macedonians and Finns are even teams, even if the bookmakers dictate a greater favoritism for the local. Therefore, we believe that possession and goal situations can be alternated. Second because Shkendija will try to take advantage of the field factor to get a major advantage facing the return duel. A goal at least could score, being feasible not to speculate after getting the first. And third because HJK is a competitive squad in Finland that has some experience in European tournaments, almost always playing the Champions League preliminary phase. Faced with this reality, we believe that they will look to score a little to use it in the tie (famous goal of visitor). Paint for a 1-1 or a 2-0 for any side, as in these rounds there are no clear favorites.